FOCUS NUMBER 3 Volume 59 | Number 3 Volume

2017 | FOCUS NUMBER 3 Volume 59 | Number 3 Volume

October 25-29, 2017

Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza River North and the Chicago School of Professional Psychology Chicago, IL (connected via walkway)

Inside This Issue From the Executive Director… 2 Hypnotherapy: A promising treatment for chronic President’s Column… 4 low back pain… 12

A Message From Gary Elkins Upcoming Conferences… 16 and Don Moss… 6 Member News… 19 About the Conference… 7 - Share Your News… 20

Keynote presentations at this About SCEH… 21 year’s meeting… 9

Tips for Students… 11

Dear Members, Volume 59 | 201 Volume I hope by now you have had a chance to review Question: the exciting line-up of our presenters, workshops and Scientific Program for our upcoming meeting in Based on what you have l earned what will you Chicago next month. Our Conference Committee change or do differently? Number 3 | has done an outstanding job in putting together a schedule that is fresh, informative and wide— Responses: ranging. FOCUS I will: In keeping with this year’s theme, you will find conference content that shows how hypnosis can • Begin using hypnosis with my chronic pain SCEH | address client challenges “for the ages” with and anxiety clients workshops on pediatric, adult, palliative applications that address such maladies as • Use hypnotic techniques (newly learned) in headaches, anxiety, depression, chronic illness, my research skin disorders, pain, PTSD and more. • Seek mentorship for more advanced We have a top-notch lineup of keynotes, providing applications, including PTSD the chance to meet and hear from globally renowned leaders in their respective areas. (See • Discuss hypnosis and its myriad our Keynotes section later in this issue.) applications and benefits with my university and employer Also of note are our two symposia. The Influences of Erika Fromm and the Chicago Paradigm, • Integrate hypnosis into my practice through the Ages, will review how Erika Fromm, PhD and the Chicago Paradigm has influenced the • Develop another research project scholarly, clinical, professional, and personal development of many in the field. The • Improve pain management techniques Neuroscience of Hypnosis: Current Knowledge and Future Directions will explore current • Use hypnotic techniques (newly learned) in neurophysiological research findings concerning my research hypnosis. • Assess hypnotizability Our goal is to provide attendees with a rich and fulfilling experience that allows you to improve • Assess for functional disorders/treat patient outcomes and add to your knowledge. resistance differently Through our experiential learning approach, we want you to put into immediate practice what you • Be more attentive to ego status have learned. It is useful, then to review our own success rate in this goal. In other words, what have • Use more in-depth hypnosis past attendees decided they will change or do differently when back in their offices? Here is a • Increase knowledge for using hypnosis with sampling of how past attendees have answered patients with acute and chronic pain that question and how attendance at the SCEH Conference has had a clear and positive impact.

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Clearly, the SCEH Annual Conference is a great Can we ask a favor? As a SCEH member, please opportunity - where like-minded professionals can share the news about our event to at least two collaborate, practice, and apply the best in hypnotic colleagues or students. Thank you! research and practical technique. Volume 59 | 201 Volume In conclusion, another important occurrence in In other conference highlights, to facilitate October is the beginning of our dues renewal collaboration and networking, we are adding two season. Please watch your email for your annual events. The first is a Student Early Career dues renewal. We ask that you renew soon Number 3 | Professional Luncheon and another is a Networking Reception with our local colleagues because we need your help to achieve a strong from the Chicago Society for Clinical Hypnosis. financial finish to the Society year. This will allow us to continue our efforts to advance the field of FOCUS All of this is in addition to our Annual Member hypnosis and best serve your needs. Thank you for Luncheon, Scientific Poster reception, Awards your support.

SCEH | Banquet honoring established and emerging leaders in the ﬁeld and many chances to meet and Sincerely, share insights or questions with colleagues in the hypnosis community. Anne Doherty Johnson Executive Director

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| Page 3 of 21 | 7 President’s Column By Gary Elkins, PhD, ABPP, ABPH

After much planning and

Volume 59 | 201 Volume preparation, we are now looking It will be an opportunity to visit Janna Henning has been forward to our 68th Annual with colleagues, make new developing a Student Workshops and Scientiﬁc friends, honor those who will Advisory Committee and ideas Program October 25-29, 2017, receive awards, and enjoy an for greater engagement of our

Number 3 | Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza informative and entertaining student members. Our Mentor River North and the Chicago banquet speech by Dr. Arreed Program will be among the School of Professional Barabasz on the topic of topics discussed at the

FOCUS Psychology. The Program “Humor in Psychotherapy”, luncheon. Committee led by Don Moss and something we all need more of Janna Henning and Scientific and from which we can all In other Society news, I want to SCEH | Program Chairs, Shelagh benefit. update you on the activities of Freedman and Zoltan Kekecs, the SCEH Executive Committee, along with our Workshop Chairs, Our Annual Conference also which meets regularly Eric Willmarth, Lisa Lombard, includes activities related to our throughout the year. It has Scott Hoye, John Mohl, Ciara new Mentor Program, led by advanced several elements of Christensen, and David Reid Zoltan Kekecs, to increase our our strategic plan, and has have been dedicated to outreach to students. Our goal is invested time to develop organizing an absolutely to encourage and assist programs and activities to outstanding program. It is sure students who are interested in expand member benefits and to be one of the best ever of hypnosis by providing them with help SCEH grow. We have clinical workshops, keynote networking opportunities or worked with an attorney to clarify speakers, scientific matching them with a mentor for issues related to the Society’s presentations, and new learning research projects or career governance, tax-exempt status opportunities. Please take a advancement. For long standing as a nonprofit, and related careful look at the program. members, this program provides compliance matters.In addition, an opportunity to “give back” and we have made progress on There is something there for help students and early career ways to increase and receive everyone. Whether you are an professionals. If you are donations from members or experienced clinician, hypnosis interested in serving as a estates, improved researchers, student, or early research mentor or seeking communication with members, career professional, you will find mentorship in developing and expanded educational what you need to advance your hypnosis research, please opportunities. knowledge of hypnosis at the consider becoming involved in 2017 Annual Workshops and this program. Please review With regard to expanding Scientific Program of the Society details on our website: http:// educational opportunities, I am for Clinical and Experimental www.sceh.us/mentor-program pleased to report that SCEH is Hypnosis! Please plan to attend! introducing its inaugural Mid- Under the leadership of Janna Year Workshops in 2018, an I hope all of you will join us in Henning and Don Moss, SCEH initiative that came out of our Chicago for our 2017 Annual will host a special Student strategic planning efforts. Conference; I personally invite Luncheon to give students a you to attend the Awards targeted opportunity to meet Banquet on Saturday evening. clinicians and researchers, and learn more about SCEH activities.

| Page 4 of 21 | 7 The program will be co- dedicated editors, Shelagh colleagues and students to sponsored by Division 30 of the Freedman and Ciara become SCEH members. American Psychological Christensen, as well as our Consider the benefits of Association, and we hope it will Executive Director, Anne membership as well as SCEH help grow awareness and Doherty Johnson, for their work Certification in Clinical Hypnosis. membership in both in delivering this informative Help SCEH grow and thrive in Volume 59 | 201 Volume organizations. The Mid-Year newsletter to members several the next century. Workshops will take place from times per year. This is a very April 20-22, 2018 (Friday - important member benefit. This will be my last column as

Number 1 | Sunday) at the Radisson Hotel President of SCEH. After the Albany, Albany, NY. The In this issue of FOCUS, you will Annual Conference, I will make Advanced Workshop will be a also see the results of our recent the transition to Past-President wonderful program by Dr. election. I hope you will join me and incoming Editor-in-Chief of FOCUS Carolyn Daitch on Power Tools in thanking everyone who ran for the International Journal of for Anxiety and Affect office, and in congratulating to Clinical and Experimental SCEH | Regulation: Effective our new Executive Committee Hypnosis. I am very excited Integration of Hypnosis, members. These are our newly about this new role, and ask for Cognitive-Behavioral, and elected: President-Elect, Dr. your help and support in the Mindfulness Interventions. Janna Henning, Treasurer, Dr. coming years. SCEH is a unique Drs. Don Moss and Eric Ciara Christensen, and and wonderful organization. Willmarth will present a 20-hour Secretary, Dr. Zoltan Kekecs. All Please share this message with Basic/Introductory Workshop of these individuals will be taking others and help the science and in Clinical Hypnosis that is office, along with our new the clinical practice of hypnosis consistent with the Standards of President, Dr. Donald Moss, and training grow and develop Training in Clinical Hypnosis and during our October meeting and into the future. I very much hope partially meet SCEH Certification annual conference/and awards to see each of you at in Chicago training requirements. banquet. next month. It is going to be a great meeting!!! We have also been working to As I look toward our upcoming improve other SCEH programs, Annual Conference, I am such as the SCEH Certification prompted to encourage you to in Clinical Hypnosis (CCH), an register and secure your hotel important member benefit. We room as soon as possible. We will be bringing forward several anticipate a full meeting and proposals to expand and registration at this time is a strengthen the certification good decision. The meeting in program with updated Chicago is one that will allow requirements that recognize you to surround yourself with qualified individuals. We will be highly skilled clinicians, discussing our draft proposals to scientifically minded hypnosis make the program more clinicians, and the best responsive to current needs. hypnosis researchers in the world. Chicago will be the We have also made meeting to attend in 2017! considerable progress in getting our newsletter, FOCUS out I also encourage you to renew regularly and in your membership with SCEH. Gary Elkins, communicating important and Our efforts to grow SCEH are PhD, ABPP, ABPH relevant information to our ongoing, and we invite you to be President members. I want to express my part of our membership drive -- very heartfelt thanks to our please encourage your

| Page 5 of 21 | 7 SCEH PRESIDENT ELECT, DONALD MOSS, PHD INVITES YOU TO JOIN SCEH IN CHICAGO 2017!!

Volume 59 | 201 Volume An invitation from Gary Elkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_zp3qGU8m4&feature=youtu.be An invitation from Don Moss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjhnNFXMwjM Number 3 | FOCUS SCEH |

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SCEH 2017 Meeting in Chicago Volume 59 | 201 Volume 68th Annual Workshops and Scientific Program October 25-29, 2017 Number 3 | Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza River North & the Chicago School for Professional Psychology (connected via walkway), Chicago, IL FOCUS Hashtag: #SCEH2017 SCEH | Info: www.sceh.us/2017-conference

Come together with leading thinkers in the clinical and experimental hypnosis community at this year’s SCEH Conference in Chicago.

Clinical hypnosis has relevance for each stage in the human life cycle. The "Hypnosis for the Ages" conference will feature keynotes, symposia, and workshops on Pediatric and Adolescent Applications of Hypnosis, Current Approaches to Hypnosis in Geriatrics and End of Life Care, and Highlights in the History of Hypnosis. The meeting will also include scientiﬁc presentations on the Evidence-Base of Medical Hypnosis.

We are excited about our 2017 conference format and our venue, The Chicago School for Professional Psychology. We will explore some new and varied topics, while providing attendees with an opportunity to earn CE credits, network with colleagues, explore potential collaboration and engage in vibrant debate.

Who Should Attend

Our meeting is the gathering place for the top experts in the ﬁeld of hypnosis. Attendees include: Psychologists; Psychiatrists; Physicians; Social Workers; Dentists; Chiropractors; Master’s level Nurses and Clinical Nurse Practitioners; other Master’s level licensed mental health and healthcare professionals; clinical and experimental researchers in the ﬁeld of hypnosis, and students pursuing related degrees.

SCEH Annual Workshops

By tradition, SCEH offers introductory, skills building/intermediate and advanced level workshops. Workshops are scientiﬁcally based, of the highest teaching quality and led by leaders in the ﬁeld. Most include practica, demonstrations or other experiential components, providing hands-on, real time tutelage critical for enhancing hypnosis skills. Continuing Education (CE) credits are provided by the Institute for Continuing Education.

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The Scientific Program features presentations or symposia on empirical issues in hypnosis research and practice and related areas. Presentations shine the light on novel research Volume 59 | 201 Volume findings, including experimental studies, case reports, clinical trials, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews. Symposia bring together the world’s leading hypnosis researchers to address a specific theme, and most integrate research and practice or draw upon research

Number 3 | in psychology, psychiatry, or neuroscience to highlight issues that improve our understanding of hypnosis. Our poster session provides another glimpse into the newest research. FOCUS SCEH | Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 305 Commandants Way – Commoncove Suite 100 Chelsea, MA 02150-4057 USA E: [email protected] T: 617-744-9857 Web: www.sceh.us

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The 2017 annual meeting of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis will take place October 25 through 29 in Chicago, Illinois. We are meeting in the classrooms of the Chicago School for Professional Psychology, at 325 Wells Street in Chicago’s River North area. Volume 59 | 201 Volume

The meeting theme this year is "HYPNOSIS FOR THE AGES." Clinical hypnosis has relevance for each stage in the human life cycle. The "Hypnosis for the Ages" conference will feature keynotes, Number 3 | symposia, and workshops on applications of hypnosis throughout the human life cycle. The meeting will also include scientific presentations on the evidence-base of medical hypnosis. FOCUS Keynote presentations in this year’s meeting include: SCEH |

Arreed Barabasz, EdD, PhD, ABPP, Washington State University, Pullman, WA Topic: Humor in Psychotherapy (BANQUET SPEAKER)

Melanie Brown, MD, MSE, FAAP, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota and The University of Chicago Topic: An Integrative Approach to Pediatric Pain Management

James Gerhart, PhD, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical College

Sean O'Mahony, MB, BCh, BAO, MS, FAAHPM, Section Director, Palliative Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Topic: Workforce Resiliency for Palliative Medicine Teams

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Amir Raz, PhD, ABPH, McGill/Chapman University, Montreal, QC, Canada Topic: On Hypnosis and Science Volume 59 | 201 Volume Number 3 | FOCUS Pierre Rainville, PhD, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada Topic: Pavlov Meets the Zen Brain: Mindfulness in the Fear of Pain SCEH |

David Spiegel, MD, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA Topic: Tranceformation: Hypnosis in Brain and Body

SCEH Workshop Program

By tradition, SCEH offers introductory, skills building/intermediate and advanced level workshops. Workshops are scientifically-based and of the highest teaching quality. Most workshops include demonstrations and/or practica or other experiential components and are led by leaders in the field. • Introductory (Basic) Workshop in Hypnosis - taken as a cohort • Skills Workshops (Intermediate to Advanced) - choose from a selection of topics, designed to sharpen your skills or be used toward certification requirements • Advanced Workshops in Hypnosis - choose from a selection of full day, half day and quarter day concurrent sessions

Details on the program can be found at: http://www.sceh.us/2017-conferencewww.sceh.us/2017-conference We hope to see you in Chicago! Donald Moss and Janna Henning Program Co-Chairs | Page 10 of 21 | Page 10 of 21 !12 Page 11 of 21 7

Volume 59 | 201 Volume Tips for Students: Conference Preparation Number 3 |

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Volume 59 | 201 Volume By Samuel Stork a doctoral student in the PsyD Clinical Psychology Program and the Mind-Body Medicine Research Laboratory at Baylor University. His interests include clinical health psychology, evidence-based psychotherapy, hypnosis, and hypnotherapy. Number 3 |

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a pervasive patients who do not respond to nonpharmacologic medical problem that can be disabling: therapy, with opioids being a last option.

FOCUS Approximately 30 million Americans suffer from CLBP (Turk, 2005). CLBP is the most common cause Hypnotherapy is an evidence-based non- for permanent impairment in US adults under the age pharmacological intervention for CLBP:

SCEH | of 65, and is the most common cause of activity Hypnotherapy is a well-supported treatment for many limitations in individuals under 45 (Anderson, 1999). chronic pain problems (Elkins, Johnson, & Fisher, 2012; Studies estimate that between 2% and 8% of the US Jensen et al., 2009), and while not mentioned in the new work force is disabled or compensated for back guideline, hypnotherapy may be a viable primary or injuries each year (Straus, 2002) Thus, CLBP is complementary treatment for CLBP. Hypnotherapy has associated with extraordinary costs, which include been shown to provide analgesia, reduce stress, relieve both medical costs and indirect costs, such as missed anxiety, improve mood, and reduce the need for opioids work, reduced productivity, and interference in daily for some patients (Elkins, 2012). One meta-analysis activities (Ehrlich, 2003). It is estimated that in 2006, found that the average person treated with hypnosis the total costs attributable to low back pain in the obtains a greater analgesic response than 75% of United States totaled $100 billion, two thirds of which individuals who are given standard care or no treatment were indirect costs (Katz, 2006). (Montgomery, DuHamel, & Redd, 2000).

Alternatives to pain medications are needed: Several studies have highlighted the potential efficacy Despite having little empirical efficacy, opioids have of hypnotherapy for decreasing CLBP (McCauley et al., been the most commonly prescribed treatment option 1983; Spinhoven & Linssen, 1989; Jensen et al., 2009). for CLBP (Ivanova et al., 2011). Moreover, while A recent and promising study by Tan and colleagues there has been no overall change in the amount of pain (2015) compared self-hypnosis training with EMG that Americans report, the amount of prescription biofeedback in one hundred veterans with CLBP. The opioids sold in the US has nearly quadrupled since study was a four-group design. The groups were (1) an 1999 (Chang et al., 2014; CDC, 2016). Unfortunately, eight-session self-hypnosis training; (2) an eight-session the rise in the use of prescription opioids has come self hypnosis training with audio recordings for home with disastrous consequences, due to the potential of practice; (3) a two-session self-hypnosis training with addiction and overdose. The United States is now home practice recordings and weekly reminder calls; facing an opioid epidemic. Deaths from overdoses of and (4) an eight-session EMG biofeedback control prescription opioids have increased in accordance intervention. Participants in all four groups reported with opioid sales - more than quadrupling since 1999, significant pre- to post-treatment improvements in pain with a current average of 91 Americans dying every intensity, pain interference, and sleep quality. However, day (CDC, 2016). the participants in the hypnosis groups reported significantly more pain intensity reduction than the New clinical practice guidelines have been issued control group. Interestingly, there was no significant for treatment of CLBP): difference among the three hypnosis conditions, In February 2017, the American College of Physicians indicating that two sessions of self-hypnosis training (ACP) released a new clinical practice guideline on was as effective as an eight-session training. noninvasive treatment for CLBP (Qaseem, Wilt, McLean, & Forciea, 2017). The new guideline Additionally, over half of the participants who received includes the recommendation that for patients with hypnosis reported clinically meaningful reductions in CLBP, clinicians and patients should initially select pain intensity, and they maintained these benefits for at nonpharmacologic treatment (e.g., exercise, least 6 months post-treatment. This study also replicated acupuncture, mindfulness-based stress reduction, the finding that it is possible to carry out a standardized cognitive behavioral therapy). The ACP also self-hypnosis training intervention that allows for recommended that clinicians reserve pharmacologic individualized hypnotic suggestions. treatment (e.g., NSAIDs, tramadol, duloxetine) for

| Page 12 of 21 | 7 Resources:

There are several excellent books that provide Deyo, R. A., Mirza, S. K., & Martin, B. I. (2006). Back resources for clinicians. These include: pain prevalence and visit rates: estimates from US national surveys, 2002. Spine, 31(23),

Volume 59 | 201 Volume Elkins, G. (2016). Handbook of medical and 2724-2727. psychological hypnosis: Foundations, applications Ehrlich, G. E. (2003). Back pain. The Journal of and professional issues. New York, NY: Springer Rheumatology Supplement, 67, 26-31. Publishing. Elkins, G., Johnson, A., & Fisher, W. (2012). Cognitive Number 3 | Jensen, M. P. (2011). Hypnosis for chronic pain hypnotherapy for pain management. American management: Therapist guide. Oxford, UK: Oxford Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 54(4), 294-310. University Press. Ivanova, J. I., Birnbaum, H. G., Schiller, M., Kantor, E.,

FOCUS Johnstone, B. M., & Swindle, R. W. (2011). Patterson, D. R. (2010). Clinical hypnosis for pain Real-world practice patterns, health-care control. Washington, DC: American Psychological utilization, and costs in patients with low back

SCEH | Association pain: the long road to guideline-concordant care. The Spine Journal, 11(7), 622-632. Summary: Jensen, M. P., Barber, J., Romano, J. M., Hanley, M. A., In sum, chronic pain, and CLBP in particular, is Raichle, K. A., Molton, I. R. Patterson, D. R. associated with enormous costs and suffering. The (2009). Effects of self-hypnosis training and strategy of prescribing opioids has failed, and new EMG biofeedback relaxation on chronic pain in treatments need to be established. Hypnotherapy may persons with spinal cord injury. Journal of be an effective initial treatment option for individuals Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 57, 239– suffering from CLBP, due to its minimal cost, 268 flexibility, and lack of harmful side effects. While Katz, J. N. (2006). Lumbar disc disorders and low-back there have been several encouraging studies, more pain: socioeconomic factors and randomized controlled trails are needed. Hopefully, consequences. JBJS, 88(suppl_2), 21-24. future studies will compare hypnotherapy for CLBP with both nonpharmacologic (e.g., acupuncture or King, Nash, M., Spiegel, D., Jobson, B. K. (2001). mindfulness-based stress reduction) and Hypnosis as an intervention in pain pharmacologic (e.g., NSAIDs) active controls. management: A brief review. International Additionally, future studies that compare first-line journal of psychiatry in clinical practice, 5(2), pharmacological medications complemented by 97-101. hypnotherapy to medication alone would be McCauley, J. D., Thelen, M. H., Frank, R. G., Willard, noteworthy additions to the literature. R. R., & Callen, K. E. (1983). Hypnosis compared to relaxation in the outpatient References management of chronic low back pain. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 64, Andersson, G. B. (1999). Epidemiological features of 548–552. chronic low-back pain. The lancet, 354(9178), 581-585. Montgomery, G. H., DuHamel, K. N., & Redd, W. H. (2000). A meta-analysis of hypnotically induced Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). analgesia: How effective is hypnosis? (2016). Wide-ranging online data for International Journal of Clinical and epidemiologic research (WONDER). Atlanta, Experimental Hypnosis, 48, 138–153. GA: National Center for Health Statistics. Qaseem, A., Wilt, T. J., McLean, R. M., & Forciea, M. Chang, H. Y., Daubresse, M., Kruszewski, S. P., & A. (2017). Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Alexander, C. G. (2014). Prevalence and Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Treatment of Pain in Emergency Departments in Clinical Practice Guideline From the American the United States, 2000 – 2010. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 23, College of Physicians Noninvasive 114. Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain. Annals of internal medicine, 166(7), 514-530.

| Page 13 of 21 | Spinhoven, P. (1987). Hypnotic pain control and low back pain: A critical review. Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 15, 119– 7 131. Spinhoven, P., & Linssen, A. C. (1989). Education and self-hypnosis in the management of low back pain:A component analysis. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 28, 145–153.

Volume 59 | 201 Volume Straus, B. N. (2002). Chronic pain of spinal origin: the costs of intervention. Spine, 27(22), 2614-2619. Tan, G., Rintala, D. H., Jensen, M. P., Fukui, T., Smith, D., & Williams, W. (2015). A randomized

Number 3 | controlled trial of hypnosis compared with biofeedback for adults with chronic low back pain. European Journal of Pain, 19(2), 271-280.

FOCUS Turk, D. C. (2005). Chronic pain management. Paper presented at the meeting of the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Leadership SCEH | Conference: Pain Management and End of Life Care, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Von Korff, M., Saunders, K., Ray, G. T., Boudreau, D., Campbell, C., Merrill, J., & Weisner, C. (2008). Defacto long-term opioid therapy for non-cancer Samuel Stork pain. The Clinical journal of pain, 24(6), 521. Walker, B. F. (2000). The prevalence of low back pain: a systematic review of the literature from 1966 to 1998. Clinical Spine Surgery, 13(3), 205-217.

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FOCUS If you have found value in your

SCEH | membership, we hope you will share it with colleagues and students.

Prospective members can also complete an application online.

For membership details or our online application, visit:

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| Page 15 of 21 | 7 Upcoming Conferences Volume 59 | 201 Volume Co-sponsored by SCEH and APA Division 30 Number 3 | Introductory and Advanced Workshops in Clinical

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This communication addresses healthcare participate in the Call for Abstracts. The professionals, researchers and all persons abstract deadline is October 15, 2017. interested in clinical and medical hypnosis. After Rome, Bremen and Paris, Montreal is Registration is already open at the SUPER proud to host the XXI World Congress on EARLY-BIRD RATE of $625 CAD ($470 US) for North-American soil. individual members of ISH or $725 CAD ($540 US) for non-members, which includes coffee This congress, offered by the International breaks, lunches, Opening Ceremony and Society of Hypnosis (ISH) every three years, Welcome Reception, and congress materials. will provide a unique opportunity to work with This represents $270 CAD of savings researchers and clinicians who are members of compared to the ﬁnal registration fees. over 35 hypnosis societies from around the Furthermore, the foreign exchange from USD world. Find out what clinical applications, to CAD is very favorable at the moment. research and new techniques they are working with and how this can apply to your work. If you have never been to Montreal before, this is your perfect chance to come and visit the You want to learn and meet people? Perfect, beautiful province of Quebec and the mythical register and attend. You want to share your city of Montréal where European charm meets knowledge and experiences? Great, submit an North America. The Organizing Committee is abstract before October 15, 2017. eager to welcome and charm you at the XXI ISH World Congress of Medical and Clinical Visit us this spring at www.hypnosis2018.com Hypnosis: Montreal 2018! to view our keynote speaker announcements and to

| Page 17 of 21 | 7 Volume 59 | 201 Volume Hypnovations announces: ASCH approved Basic Fundamentals of

Number 3 | Clinical Hypnosis & Intermediate Clinical Hypnosis Workshops (20hrs/each) FOCUS

SCEH | Co-Sponsored by: Northeastern Mountain Society of Clinical Hypnosis (NMSCH)

When: November 10-12, 2017 Where: Jackson Gore Inn, Okemo Mountain, Ludlow, VT

Faculty: Linda Thomson, APRN, Maureen Turner, RNBC, LCMHC, Judy Thomas, DDS and Casey Goldman, LCMHC

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Volume 59 | 201 Volume SCEH Member News Number 3 | FOCUS IJCEH HAS A NEW WEBPAGE! SCEH |

Visit the new IJCEH.com http://ijceh.com/ webpage! It is now mobile friendly and lends itself to easy access to authors’ work and cross references via the abstracts section.

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Number 3 | ❖ Book or article ❖ Research or special reviews projects you are now ❖ Awards or public undertaking FOCUS recognition received ❖ Other items you think ❖ Promotions, job would be of interest SCEH | Share Your News http://www.sceh.us/special-areas-of-research with the changes, retirements to the membership SCEH Community! ❖ New ways you are ❖ Photos of the above using hypnosis in (please include a Please send us your your practice caption) news to share: ❖ Articles you have written Please send your news [email protected] ❖ Recently published and photos to the FOCUS books editors at: [email protected] We look forward to ❖ Recent talks hearing from you! ❖ Events youhttp://www.sceh.us/special-areas-of-research are SCEH reserves editorial hosting rights over all ❖ An important submissions. milestone you are celebrating

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| Page 20 of 21 | 7 About the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH)

SCEH Membership Levels Full Membership: $150 Lifetime Membership: $75

Volume 59 | 201 Volume Student Membership: $45

Our Mission Number 3 | To promote excellence and progress in hypnosis research, education, and clinical practice. FOCUS

Founded in 1949, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (SCEH) is an SCEH | international organization of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, dentists and physicians who are dedicated to the highest level of scientiﬁc inquiry and the conscientious application of hypnosis in the clinical setting. The membership represents a rare union of some of the ﬁnest academicians, researchers and clinicians whose collaboration is designed to support and inform the clinical work and research of its members and other professionals.

A distinguishing feature of the group is its premise that sound clinical practice is built upon serious scientiﬁc inquiry and that important empirical questions are often raised by those who care for patients. Through workshops, lectures, publication of the International Journal for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (IJCEH), and other teaching activities of SCEH, members educate health care professionals, academicians, researchers, students and the general public about the nature and ethical uses of hypnosis and related phenomena.

Membership

This is a selective society that contains some of the best and most productive hypnosis researchers and clinicians in the field. In the past four decades, the majority of the important English language publications in the field of scientific hypnosis have been written by members of the SCEH. Each year, the membership of SCEH sponsors its workshops and scientific meetings at the annual conference. Members receive discounted registration to the annual conference.

For more information about joining SCEH please go to

http://www.sceh.us/apply-for-membership

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